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NYC hit-and-run suspect killed the 'original 50 Cent'

(Newser) – Police in New York City are hunting the man who was behind the wheel of a BMW when it slammed into a cab early Sunday morning, killing a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to the hospital.

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NYC hit-and-run suspect killed the 'original 50 Cent'

A close-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was plunged into a new round of mourning Monday by the death of a baby who was delivered by cesarean section after his parents were killed in a grisly hit-and-run crash a day earlier. (March
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By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
4:34 p.m. EST March 5, 2013

Julio Acevedo, 44, is sought by police in connection with the deaths of an expectant couple killed in a car accident in Brooklyn Sunday and their premature baby, who was delivered alive, but did not survive.(Photo: AP)

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Suspect in NYC hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman and her spouse has criminal record

Julio Acevedo, 44, spent eight years in prison for the 1987 shooting death of the "original 50 Cent"

(Newser) – Police in New York City are hunting the man who was behind the wheel of a BMW when it slammed into a cab early Sunday morning, killing a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to the hospital.

Julio Acevedo, 44, has a long criminal record and spent eight years in prison for the 1987 shooting death of the "original 50 Cent," a known criminal named Kelvin Martin who inspired the rapper of the same name, reports the New York Post. Acevedo was arrested for drunk driving just two weeks before the crash that killed Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21. Doctors were able to deliver the child Raizy was seven months pregnant with, but the baby boy died the next morning.

A friend of Acevedo's from prison says the fugitive has called him seeking guidance at least four times since the crash, the New York Times reports.

"He has remorse," the friend says. "He wants to turn himself in."

The friend says Acevedo has told him he was speeding at the time of the crash — the Post says he was going at least 60mph — because he had been shot at a short time earlier. Police have been unable to confirm the claim.

The baby was buried near his parents yesterday, a spokesman for the Glaubers' Hasidic Jewish community tells the AP. The community is demanding that the driver be charged with triple homicide, he says.

"This coward left the scene of the accident not even bothering to check on the people of the other car."